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German Police Arrest Ex-Catalan Leader, Carles Puigdemont

  German Police on Sunday arrested Catalonia’s former President, Carles Puigdemont, as he crossed over by a car from Denmark. Advertisement Puigdemont “was arrested today … Continue reading German Police Arrest Ex-Catalan Leader, Carles Puigdemont

By Ignatius Igwe
Updated March 25, 2018
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FILES) In this file photo taken on October 27, 2017, then Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (C) sings the Catalan anthem “Els Segadors” after a Catalan parliament session in Barcelona. German police arrested Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont on March 25, 2018 as he crossed over by car from Denmark. Puigdemont “was arrested today at 11:19 am by the autobahn police force of Schleswig-Holstein,” a German police spokesman told AFP, adding that the detention was based on a European warrant. His party spokeswoman also separately confirmed that he was detained on arrival from Denmark. Josep LAGO / AFP
FILE PHOTO Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont (C), sings the Catalan anthem “Els Segadors” after a Catalan parliament session in Barcelona. German police arrested Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont on March 25, 2018, as he crossed over by a car from Denmark. 
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German Police on Sunday arrested Catalonia’s former President, Carles Puigdemont, as he crossed over by a car from Denmark.

Puigdemont “was arrested today at 11:19 am by Schleswig-Holstein’s highway patrol force,” a German police spokesman told AFP, adding that the detention was based on a European warrant.

“He is now in police custody”, added the spokesman.

Puigdemont’s party spokeswoman Anna Grabalosa also separately confirmed that he was detained on arrival in Germany from Denmark.

“It happened as he crossed the Danish-German border. He was treated well and all his lawyers are there. That is all I can say,” she said.

Puigdemont is wanted by Spain on charges of “rebellion” and “sedition”, over his independence bid for Catalan.

He had been visiting Finland since Thursday but slipped out of the Nordic country before Finnish police could detain him.

Puigdemont’s lawyer Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas said on Twitter that Puigdemont was picked up by German police as he was travelling back to Belgium where he has been living in self-imposed exile.

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